The Moscow Zamoskvoretsky Court refused to revoke the foreign agent status of blogger Ilya Varlamov (recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation). It has been reported TASS.
The court dismissed the blogger’s claim against the Ministry of Justice.
Ilya Varlamov known Foreign agent on March 23. According to the Ministry of Justice, the journalist distributed publications by foreign agents – Dozhd TV channel (the organization is included in the list of foreign agents by the Ministry of Justice) and the editor-in-chief of Mediazona (the organization is included in the list of foreign agents of the Ministry of Justice) Sergei Smirnov ( recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation). He was also convicted of spreading false information about the decisions taken by public authorities and his policies, the department found evidence of support for Varlamov from foreign sources.
On May 15, it was learned that humor writers Slepakov and Varlamov filed a lawsuit against the Ministry of Justice, demanding that they abolish their foreign agent status. In addition, singer Zemfira (recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation) and showman Maxim Galkin (recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation) demanded the removal of their foreign agency status.